{"id":1591331,"date":"2022-12-12T17:45:02","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T16:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/?p=1591331"},"modified":"2024-07-02T13:48:33","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T11:48:33","slug":"cactus-air-force-deluxe-set-70049-wildcat-and-airacobra-over-guadalcanal-kit-camouflage-and-marking-schemes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/en\/blog\/2022\/12\/12\/cactus-air-force-deluxe-set-70049-wildcat-and-airacobra-over-guadalcanal-kit-camouflage-and-marking-schemes\/","title":{"rendered":"Cactus Air Force Deluxe Set \u2013 Wildcat and Airacobra over Guadalcanal – kit camouflage and marking schemes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The double 1\/72 Cactus Air Force Deluxe Set – Wildcat and Airacobra over Guadalcanal is the story of an unusual aviation formation, composed of planes and pilots of three services: US Army Air Force, US Marine Corps and US Navy, who shared the Henderson Field airbase and together they fought over Guadalcanal against the Japanese infantry, air force and navy in fighter, ground-attack and bombing sorties. It is a couple of a massive Wildcat and a fine, avant-garde Airacobra. After all, it is a cocktail of unusual land and sea paint schemes, interesting because of their camouflages and markings, and because they were flown by legendary pilots in historic operations.<\/p>\n

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P-400 Airacobra \u201ewhite 13\u201d \u201eHells Bell\u201d, BW151, 67FS\/347FG, pilot Lt. Robert M. Ferguson, Guadalcanal, August-November 1942<\/p>\n

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P-39D-2 Airacobra \u201ewhite 12\u201d \u201eBeth\u201d, Cpt. Paul Bechtel, 12FS commander, Guadalcanal, December 1942<\/p>\n

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P-400 Airacobra \u201ewhite 12\u201d, BW156, pilot Lt. Richard Johnson 67FS\/347FG \u201eFancy Nancy\u201d, Guadalcanal August-September 1942<\/p>\n

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P-39D-1 Airacobra \u201eyellow 56\u201d 41-38400, 68FS\/347FG, Guadalcanal, December 1942. Piloting this aeroplane Lt. Vernon Head of 67FS performed a bombing attack over New Georgia<\/p>\n

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F4F-4 Wildcat \u201eblack 29\u201d, pilot Lt. Samuel Folsom, VMF-121, Guadalcanal. Piloting this aeroplane Sam Folsom shot down two G4M1 Betty bombers on 12th November 1942<\/p>\n

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F4F-4 Wildcat \u201ewhite 2\u201d, pilot Mjr. Marion E. Carl, VMF-223, Guadalcanal, February 1943<\/p>\n

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F4F-4 Wildcat \u201eblack F-12\u201d BuNo. 5192, pilot Lt. James \u201ePug\u201d Southerland II, VF-5\/USS Saratoga. On 7th August 1942, this aeroplane downed the first Japanese bomber over Guadalcanal before Saburo Sakai himself shot it down in epic lonely combat against a flight of \u201cZeros\u201d<\/p>\n

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F4F-4 Wildcat \u201ewhite 19\u201d BuNo. 03417, pilot Lt. Stanley W. \u201eSwede\u201d Vejtasa, VF-10\/USS Enterprise. During the Santa Cruz Battle on 26th October 1942 Vejtasa shot down two dive bombers and five torpedo aeroplanes in one sortie<\/p>\n

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